SATA II Drive Tx/Rx Testing & Cable SI Test Using the 86100C DCA-J

This procedure describes how to setup and use the 86100C DCA-J to make the following measurements on a SATA internal cable to determine if the cable meets the requirements of the standard:

SI-01 Mated Connector Impedance

Cable Absolute Impedance

Cable Pair Matching

Common Mode Impedance

Differential Rise Time

Intra-Pair Skew

Insertion Loss

Differential to Differential Cross Talk: NEXT

Inter-Symbol Interference

Tests SI-01 through SI-08 use Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) techniques to measure impedance in the time domain with test results reported in the time domain or frequency domain (S-Parameters) as required by the standard. The 86100C DCA-J with option 202 can easily translate between the time and frequency domains with a single button push.